Moreauville, La., on Bayou des Glaises crevasse / Ewing, Inc., Batn Rouge, La. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Moreauville, La., on Bayou des Glaises crevasse / Ewing, Inc., Batn Rouge, La. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Moreauville, La., on Bayou des Glaises crevasse / Ewing, Inc., Batn Rouge, La.
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Here a crevasse, or levee break, on Bayou des Glaises at Moreauville in Avoyelles Parish is the subject, dated May 16, 1927, during the high water of the Mississippi and its tributaries. When the bayou's embankment gave way, floodwater spread across nearby farmland and toward the village, a pattern repeated along many miles of levee that spring. Ewing, Inc., of Baton Rouge made the print, which belongs to a disbound album of photographs documenting the 1927 flood. Images like this show how quickly a single levee failure could turn fields and roads into open water.
| Created / published | 1927 May 16. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | In album (disbound): Flood photographs, Mississippi River and tributaries, high water 1927. Blind stamp: Ewing, Inc., Baton Rouge, La. M-47. 4th-11. |
| Subjects | Disasters--Louisiana--Bayou de Glaises (Avoyelles Parish)--1920-1930. Floods--Louisiana--Bayou de Glaises (Avoyelles Parish)--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,234 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148827 |
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